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An RNA chain termination event in highly purified systems of polymerase and template is as precise as it is in vivo. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis suggests that other protein factors such as the ρ-factor are not involved in this process.
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PETTIJOHN, D., STONINGTON, O. & KOSSMAN, C. Chain Termination of Ribosomal RNA Synthesis in vitro. Nature 228, 235–239 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/228235a0
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